MATLAB: In compiled app, “pwd” is returning Matlab code directory rather than application .exe directory. Why and how can I fix this

Question

I have a compiled application that needs to load a settings file. I'm using "pwd" to get the current program working directory, but instead of returning the compiled application directory ('C:\Programs\Singulex\{appname}') it is returning the code directory instead. It is as if the compiler evaluates "pwd" during compile time and sticks that into the code. I've tried setting the application directories to 'C:\Programs\Singulex\{appname}' in the compiler application project, but that doesn't affect this.

Answer 1

http://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler/ctfroot.html